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The weekly sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-04-14

\NGiI l.H1I9ol WhsNl9hDAyel
-NsSoe~ STIaoUlS.,I
To WHOM 1T MAY CONCERN:
We, the undersigned citizens of
Forsyth and adjoining counties,
having each purchased of the gentle
manly Statesmen of the Wrought
Iron Range Co. of ST. Louis, Mo-,
one of their celebrated Home Com
fort Wrought Iron Cooking Rang
es, take great pleasure in recon-
mending them to our friends and
neighbors. After a thorough test
we pronounce them success, and
find them to be as good in every
particular as represented by the
Statesmen. They are far more du
rable-bake more uniformly with
less fuel--less danger as to fire
than any cook stove we have ever
seen or used. At first we thought
them little high priced, but now
would not take twice the price paid
for them and be without it. Besides
its good baking qualities, it affords
the greatest abundance of hot wat
er, which is great convenience.
Buy one and you will not regret the
purchase.
Very Respectfully,
FORSYTH COUNTY.
r III Belo, Prop'r hotel Fountain.
Theo Kimel, Asa Jones,
P E Burk, T F Jones,
DIR S D Davis, G A Jones,
A B Mock, J A Moser,
E II Wright, P n Whitman.
DAVIDSON COUNTY.
w { Stroupe, H J Hanes,
c E Stroupe, w E Johnson,
Mrs c NJ Griffith A Douthit,
7 L. Lowden.
DAVE COUNTY.
c A Hall, r Bailey,
T A Clouse, L NJ Smith,
M NJ Shoaf W A Bailey,
w F Williams, J y Davis,
YADKIN COUNTY.
! B d House, J \ S Doub,
S H Nading, A Williams,
n @ Hunt, L g Hunt;
E T Davis, d L Shores,
w r Williams, Geo Steelmon,
B a Phillips.
STOKES COUNTY.
w S Chaffin, w r Banner,
E r Vass, J w Manifold,
L @ Lewis, ] E Marshall,
w @ Rutledge, N Bolls,
Z E Petree, @ NJ Allen,
r J Petree, Z futile.
The above named parties are the
first TO purchase Home Comfort
Rar gcs in above counties. We
could add as many more names whe
are equally as well pleased:
Will say here, we will sell ano
deliver our Ranges to good reliable
parties any where in above coun
ties at same price charged at our
Factory in ST. Lonis. The reason
we can do this is, we own ths
teams and wagons, and ship Range
by the Car load to our Superin
tendents, and controlling our retail
trade, we can give our customer
the benefit of Factory prices.
1 r
The weekly sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-04-14

the Re-
bellfon. A collection of humorous pathetic and
thrllling narratives OF the war, embracing rem
iniscences of bivOuac and battlefield.
Life of General L.. =. Grant. Has
Poems, by John @. whittier. Only cheap
edition-should be in every household. Illus.
Poems, by Henry NJ. LongfelIoyv. Finest
collection of poems by this master. Illus.
Poems, by Alfred Tennyson. Contains the
finest compositions Of Poet Laureate
Pnrlor AnhuserDents. A large collection of
Acting Charades, Parlor Dramas. Shadow Panto-
n,,res, Games etc, tor social gatherings. HAS
propagate all different plants, to cure disease,
eradicate insect DestS, etc.
Martinsburg gazette. (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1886-1887, 1887-01-07

unframed eys there is nothing attractive
about Hyarn's sparkling shortia," the
name popularity given i, but i placed
The professors name on the scientific roll
or honor, and he and his children to- the
latest generation will have an affection
for all plants Of the natural order of
galacinea to which this shortia belongs.
There is a phase of this botanic bust
ness Of intere to both philanthropists
and politicaleconomists The collectors
are usually women, ch:ldrenand manned
or broken down men. Most of them
have no other means at command for
getting store goo .s. They live, nsarule,
remote from all villages or from PAGES
where they can earn wage. Were there
no wild fruits to dry and medicinal he bs
to gather they would be destitute indeed.
Time is Of no account to them, because
there is nothing in their lives to give It
value. They will therefore spend hours
in gathering few pennyworths and
preparing it for the store Later they
will walk barefooted ten, twelve and
sometimes twenty mics, to trade of
their little stock for such things as they
need. Between four hundred and five
hundred country stores deal with the
WaIlaces. All Of 40, 900 persons collect
the. stock Here in small way is a
great beneficence-
Martinsburg gazette. (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1886-1887, 1887-01-07

An observing woman IN New York has
been remarking the number Of women
who said thank YOU to q gentleman
rclinquishing his seat in crowded metro
politan street cars. She took the period
from January to June, md in ninety in.
stances only twenty-nine murmured an
audible recognition of the favor, while
eighteen mumbled something that might
mean anything or nothing. The remain
ing forty three seemed unconscious of
passing events as they took the proffered
seats, accepting them in silence ana with
aggrayating indifference or the first
class, twenty were brunettes; Of the
second, twelve were Of like complexion,
while il the last division only seventeen
were brunettes. The observer argues
that this proves more evident refinement
and inherent politencss n the brunette
than her fairer sister She also observed
that tail women are, as . rule, ra-ely
thankful for the stieet-car favoss while
short women are profuss in their ac-
knowledgements.
Martinsburg gazette. (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1886-1887, 1887-01-07
A Romance Of the war.
A recent copy of an Indiana paper con
&aino The fnllnu1i nrr MARI frrarl 81.

tains the following paragraph:
Married - BY the Rav. DR. Turnhnll,
George Al Dawson, Of Louis ana, to Miss
Alice Lemon, Of Washington, D. q
This marriage is the sequal to an I'M
usually romantic story. George Dawson,
young Captain in the Confederate army,
lay seriously in jured in 1864, prisoner
of war, in the United States Hospital at
indianapolis. One of the ladies who Wis
tied the hospital frequently and admin
lstered alike to the wearcrs of the blue
and the gray was Mrs. Gray, the
wealthy widew Of Union ofcer. In
these visits Mrs. Lemon was usually &C
companied by her daughter Alice, then q
little miss of ten years. a fast friend
ship sprung up between the young Con-
federate and the little Union girl, which
continued some moaths until the former
was exchanged and sent back to his reg
iment.
Seven years ago Mrs Lemon died. and
friends, secured a clerkship in one Of the
| Washington departments. Her health
gradually ia led, and last October she re-
signed her position and went West to re-
side with relatives. The announcement
of her resignation was printed in ona Of
the New Orleans papers, where it met
the eye of Captain Dawson, now a Dig
nifed bachelor of middle age and one of
the richest planters on thel over Missis-
sippi. Captain Dawson Immediately
wrote Miss Lemon and asked her ii she
was his little sweetheart of former years,
and if 50 by what caprice Of fortune she
had been thrown upon her own resources
Miss Lemon answered the Captain. de-
failing their financial losses at the
time of the Jay Cooke failure and the sub.
sequent death of her mother. Captain
Dawson thereupon mailed the lady a
check for 81 600, which he begged her to
accept as slight recompense for her
mothers kindness to him whilea pris-
oner of war. Miss lemon returned the
check, saying that under no circum-
stances could she receive it
Captain Dawson then came North to
see if he could not personally prevail
upon the lady to accept his assistans 9.
He went to- Indiana intending to stop
only couple of days, but he remained
month. and, when he returned he carried
with him Northern bride to gr ce his
Southern home. Nec York HeralI.
Il
Martinsburg gazette. (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1886-1887, 1887-01-07
Invention or the Lock.

This is not modern device. Among
the ruins Of the greet temple of Kunak
its general principles have been dscov-
cred. From this We gather that it is
at least forty centuries DID, The lock-
smiths of China, we are told, had, cen
turtles before the birth of Christ, per-
fected a lock out Of which a sharp BAN
boo thorn would dart and strike the
hand Of any one wrongfully tampering
with it. The end OF this bamboo thorn
was stepped iii poisonous decaction,
and should the lnckl IS thief escape
death he would be MANNED for life. But
this story is hardly entitled to full be-
lief, for the reason, as the Chinese them
selves claim that guupowder was manu-
featured by them at that time, Celestial
safe blower could easily render the thorn
Harmless by the aid Of q few grains Of
powder.
Martinsburg gazette. (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1886-1887, 1887-01-07
Left.Han .ledness.

According to the Medical Record, Dr..
Louis Jobert has published a work on
the cause and frequency of left-handed-
ness. No purely lest-handed race has
ever been discovered, although there
seems TO be difference in different
tribes. Seventy per cent. Of the inhabi-
tants Of the Pend alb use the left hand
by preference, and the greater number Of
tho Hottents and Bushmen OF South.
Africa also to use the left hand in prefer
ence to the right DR. Mario, as q result
of his study of criminals, has found that
from fourteen to twenty-five per cent. Of
those who have been convicted Of crime
were left handed, the highest ratio
among people Of all classes being only
nine in the hundred. -. Seine.
Martinsburg gazette. (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1886-1887, 1887-01-07
Enquirer puts tbs problem to the
Boston Journal.

Enquirer puts tbs problem to the
Boston Journal.
Mr.. A. had heifer calf given him. At
the age of two years she had q calf and con-
tinued to have heller calf every year after
this; and.each calf became the mother Of a
heifer calf atsths age Of two years AMI had
one each year after When the first calf was
twenty years old how many cows and calves
were there, provided there had Lcsn no
deaths among thems
The answers received have varied
widely. One little miss figured out 155
as the total sum. .Enquirer's own
figures were 1911, while another man
said 2e, s17 The majority united upon
1O,046. "A similar question was pro-
pounded IN the Maine Farmers Almanac
few years ago, the difference being that
each supposititions COW had two heifer
calves. 1t was then decided that the
number Of cows at the end Of twenty
years would be sos, o5l.
Martinsburg gazette. (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1886-1887, 1887-01-07

The editor Of the Adro,dte, a jour nal
published in Washington in the interest
Of the colored race, has collected infor'
nation ID regard to the wealth Of the
most prosperous negroes in the States Of
Union, and the showing is really aston.
ishing. In South Carolina, for instance,
the property owned by negros is estinia
ted as worth $1,000, 900. In Georgia
negroes pay taxes on an assessment sf
more than ss,Ot0,000, and other States
show equally remarkable statistics.
Martinsburg gazette. (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1886-1887, 1887-01-07

The weather signals adopted for gen
eral use Of the United States Signal Ser.
vice on and after march /, 1887, are de-
scribed BY Chief Officer Hazen's circu-
lar as follows: with view Of secur-
ing uniform system Of signals, it is
recommended that flags now in use be
replaced by thos. herein de cribed, as
the former become worn out or unscr-
yicea5le. The flags described are four
in number, No. 1, white square flag,
indicating clear Or fair weather, No. 2. q
blue square flag, indicating rain or snow !:
No. 8, q triangular bla.k flag, indicating
temperature when above No. | or 2, it
indicates warmer weather, when below
No. or 2, it indicates colder weather !,
when it is not displayed stationary tenn
perature may be expected; No. is the
present cold wave black flag, with which
No. willnevef be displayed /"
Martinsburg gazette. (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1886-1887, 1887-01-07

Mr.. Jarvis, the United States Minister
to Brazil, says regarding the cholera, now
prevailing in Buenos Ayres and the Ar
gentine republic, that there is little dan
ger Of its spreading northward, even as
far Is Brazil. Uruguay lies between the
infected regions and the great South
american Empire, and very efficient
quarantine is maintained BY both the
Uruguayan and the Brazilian Govern
ments at the ports and islands. Ths
disease was introduced, it Is thought, BY
Italian immigrants, who have been pour
ing into Buenos Ayres in great hunters
recently.
Martinsburg gazette. (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1886-1887, 1887-01-07
P0PuLAR sclENcE.


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IN the Trinity College Botanic Garden.
Dublin, tree has produced some seed
less and cofeless pears from a second crop
Of blossoms. which lacked vitality "a
form core with seeds.
The sale of nickel plated vessels for
cooking has been prohibited in lower
Austria, on the ground that acid sub
stances often dissolve enough of the
nickel to produce poisonous effects
Many explosions in Touring mills are
said to have been caused by electricity
generated by BELTS Even ordinary belts
are found to generate sufficiently strong
currents to perform the common expert
ments for which electrical machines are
used.
The experiments Of Dr. Browns equard
have convinced him that the rigidity re-
tanned by corpses for several days IS due
to true muscular contraction, ihdicat-
ing that the muscles do MOI give up their
vitality until after the body has been
otherwise lifeless for considerable
time
Two years ago not more than six roll
ing mills and steel works in the United
States used natural gas as fuel; now
there are sixty rolling mills and
steel works which use the new fuel, and
sixteen more are makiRg preparations to
use it. Every rolling mill and steel
works in Allegheny County, Penn, fifty
five iii all, now uses natural gas.
It is now suggested that photography
may become q useful agent ia medical
diagnosis, disclosing symptoms Of dis
case before they are otherwise percepti-
BILE. In recent negative Of child the
face was shown as thickly covered with
eruption, no trace of which could be
seen on the child until three days after
ward, when its skin became covered
with spots due to prickly heat. In am
other recorded case, invisible spots were
brought out on photograph taken q
fortnight before an attack Of small p0x.
Probably few persons realize how I'm
reliable are the unprofcssional thermo-
metric reports which are telegraphed in
winter ever the country after each cold
wave, SO untrnstworthy are even the
best spirit thermometers in unskiiled
hands. DR.. John Rae expresses the
opinion that the thermometer which is
quoted as having recorded fifty-eight
degrees below zero in Manitoba is from
thirteen to fifteen degrees In error. An
instrument for the accurate measurement
Of low temperatures is needed as much
as reliable pyrometer for testing the
temperature of molten metals.
A patented imitation, called the
brach onograph, is claimed to render the
art of writing possible in the absence or
uselessness of the hand. 1t is therefore
serviceable in cases Of writes cramp
and Of paralysis Of the fingers The in
strument il Of simple construction, and
consists Of long, light strip Of iron,
curved so as to be easily adapted to the
ulnar border of the forearm. This splint
is screwed into casing of supple leather
MATERIAL shaped so as to form kind Of
gauntlet or sleeve for the forearm. The
gauntlet is fastened to the forearm by an
ingenious arrangement OF screw-hooks
and studs, allowing Of an adjustable de-
gree Of pressure.
Martinsburg gazette. (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1886-1887, 1887-01-07
Force Of Hank

Hotel Clerk Look here, sir; do you
see what you've written in the registere''
"Oh, fairest maid, crowned with efulgent
hair,
Let me upon thy bosom fall,
And die in tremnlous rapture there
And that is alll
Our Poet aEr beg pardon; force Of
habit, you see. Pm continually asked
to write in Young ladies' albums, and it's.
got to be q kind Of second nature with
me. Puck.
Martinsburg gazette. (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1886-1887, 1887-01-07

A boy has been born in Kaasas with
an eye in the back If ibis he'd. When
he 10 old he will be able to look back On
his past career without turning around.
Martinsburg gazette. (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1886-1887, 1887-01-07

The four most important towns Of.
Australasia are now: Melbourne, popu-1
iation 282, 9S7: Sidney, 224, All; AIDE
saide. 1903. 486. and Auckland, 10000.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-07-16

There are few who endure bodily trou-
bles without complaint Did you ever meet
among the heroes or heroines of your ac-
qusintance-if any such there have been
one with yellowish east of countenance
and that jaundced aspect generally, which
the most unpracticed eye recognizes as the
product of a disOrdered liver, who did not
complain. and peeyishly too, of the sore
ness of the recalcitrant organ. Of pains
beneath the right shoulder blade. of dys-
peptic symptoms. constipation and head
ache? OF course you never did, and of
course the individual was NOT using Hos
letters Stomach Bitters, or he would not
so have looked-so have complained. To
purify the blood when contaminated with
bile, and conduct the secretion into its
proper channel. to re-establish regularity
of the bowels, Danish bilious headache and
remove impediments 10 complete digestion,
nothing can approach in efficacy this peer
less Alternative and tonic. Malarial COM
plants. always involving the liver and
kidney and bladder inactivity, are RENE
died BY it. 1t is n capital appetizer.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-07-16
A NEW LEASE OF LIFE.

When one has been suffering the agonie.
Of severe attack of rheumatism, neural
gia or sciatica and relief comes, il seems as
if a new lease of life had been granted
Such have been the feelings of thousands
who, after trying physicians and number
less remedies, have used Athlophoros and
found to their great joy that this medicine
really did cure these diseases.
o. P. Shaffer, formerly managing editor
of the News-Register, Youngstown, o.,
said in recent interview with him: IL
have suffered from rheumatism for about
thirteen years. At different intervals |
have been unable 10 attend TO my business
or weeks at time. The most Of nv
trouble was in NV hands and arms. The
pain was usually accompanied with con-
siderable swelling of my hands. During
these years | have used many kinds OF
remedies with only temporary relief. Being
In the newspaper business | had come in
contact with various medicines that were
advertised in our columns, but really never
had much faith in patent medicines. A
little over three years ago my attention was
called to Athlophoros | noticed from
time TO time the strong endorsement of
Phitits iiisit uSth tiic ItliltIN WIS
sent 10 us for publication in our paper.
Through this means concluded to try the
medicine for my own case. Twas relieved
and cured in a remarkably short time"
Have you been troubled with rheuma-
tism since" was asked. al was entirely
rid of it for two years and then had another
slight attack, bur few doses of AthIopho-
ros soon drove it away; since that time,
about year ago, have been entirely free
from rheumatism. This was all done with
less than bottle of medicine. | always
recommend il for rheumatism"
Every druggist should keep Athlophoros
and Athlophoros Pills, but where they can
not be bought Of the druggist the Athlo-
phoros Co., ll2 Wall St., New York, will
send either Carriage paid on receipt Of
regular price, which is Sl00 per bottle
for Athlophoros and SOC for Pills.
For liver and kidney diseases, dyspepsia, in
digestion, weakness nervous debility, diseases
of women, constipation. headsrhe. impure
blood. DC. AthlOphor1s Pills are unaquaied
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-07-16

Rabert johnson 20 Elizabeth Crawford,
lot oh Oak street: $3.50.
Fred Foley to C. W. Foley. lot ON Grand
avenue: $500.
Ebert Skilinan to C. W. Dickson, %
acres land in German and MOorefield town
ship: So 200.
c. W. Constantine to City of Spring
field, lot on Market space: 81.
Henry F. Mccoy to Asa Davis. lot in
Edwardsville: 81, 200.
4. S Bushnell ct al, to George Brain, lot
In Ludlow heirs addition: 81.
Executors OF John Ludlow 10 George
Brain. property in Ludlow heirs addi-
ton: 81.
Charles Ludlow ct al, to George Brain.
Q small strip Of land ia LudlOw's addi-
ton: 81.
Mary NJ, Tiers to Mary NJ Harwood, lot
Oh north Limestone street: $500.
S. B. Stiles to Julia Ann Kelly, lot on
south Market street: 81, 400.
E. ID. Buss to }. Douglass Moler, prop
erty on north Market street: Sd, 500.
Chris. HOrnick and wife TO ThOs Henry
lot in South Charleston: $500.
Dan H. Rubsam to }. l.. Plummer, lot Oh
Columbia street: $4,000.
John II. Mellinger a. Louisa Kruft, small
lot in Dibert's addition: sll0.
Executors Of John Ludlow to II. Ii. Seys,
lot In Ludi0w's addition: SIS. so.
Matilda Grover to James Hunt. lot in
Hiss addition: Sls5.
A. NJ. Carson to New Carlisle b. 4 l.. A.,
two acres land in Bethel township: S450.
H. H. Seys to Anna s. Phillips, lot in
LudlOw's addition: $4,000.
John l.. Plummer to Nellie Kubsam, lot
on Columbia street: $4,000.
JacObina EdighOffer to Schneider Bros.
lot in COble 4 Shettel's addition: $500.
Barbara and Adam KOrn tO Abraham
land in Pike township: $3.50.
George Brain To Frank A. Hedges. lot in
Brsin's second addition: S225.
A. d. Heindel tO Jacob SeitZ, lot on
North street: 81. 100.
Henry +. Beard to Albert Heindel. |
ACRES of land in MOOrefield township: 81. 100
George Brain to John NJ. Gable, lot on
Champion avenue: SGs0.
Patrick Gavin TO Mary Ellen Courtney
three lots In Sugar Grove: 81. 200.
George Brain to ii. F. Marcus, lot il
Brains addition $500.
Daniel V. Huben to Ella Nora Folirath
Lot in Rice X JohnsOn's addition: S1.150
VIM. Hilker 4 BrO.t James Harden, 10
In Hike . addition: S130.
Annie T.. Clark 10 A. S. Myers, lot il
ThomsOn's addition: 500.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-07-16
The Sewing Thread Business.

1t is said that q woman began the
manufacture Of sewing thread in England
in lie2, and it would seem proper that the
idea should have first come from that sex
through whose hands nine-tenths of the
thread passes that is used Paisley has
the honor of being the first town that EN-
barked in the business. Ii was called
nuns thread, was made of fax and so
rapidly increased in popularity that it was
not long before it became an important
branch of manufacture e.-Brooklyn Eagle.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-07-16

Experiments are believed to show tha,
aseptol, or orthopenot sulphate, is destined
to take the place of carbolic acid as a dis
infectant and antiseptic. 1t is a syrupy,
brown fluid of aromatic odor, and soluble
in alcohol, glycerine and water, and is not
Irritating in rs strong rs 10 per cent.
solutions. As an antiseptic it is said 10
equal carbolic acid, while possessing also
the advantage of pleasaHter odor, more
solubility, etc.-New York sun.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-07-16

Mr. ID. l. WilcO Sson, of Horse Cave, Ky,
says he was, for many years, badly afflicted
with phthisic, also diabetes; the pains were
almost uncomfortable and would sometimes
almost throw him into commissions. He
tired Electric Bitters and got relief from
first bottle, and after taking six bottles was
entirely cured, and had gained in flesh
eighteen pounds. Says he positively De-
Iieyes he would have died had ii not beeT
for the relief afforded by Electric Btters
Sold at fifty cents bottle by Charles Lud
low & Co.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-07-16

THE BEST SALvE In the world for Cuts,
Bruises. Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever
Sores, letter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains,
Corns, and all skin eruptions, and positively
cures Piles, OF no pay required. 1t Is guar
snteed to give perfect satisfaction, or money
refunded. Price 25 cents per box. Fol-
sale by Charles Ludlow 4 Co.